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Prison Staff

Mr. Stinchcombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of staff in each prison in England and Wales are from a minority ethnic group. [161064]

Paul Goggins: The information is contained in the table. The data reflects the proportion of all staff working at each public sector prison who have voluntarily declared themselves to be from a minority ethnic group, compared to the total staff in post.

EstablishmentProportion of minority ethnic staff (based on voluntary declarations)
Acklington2.1
Albany1.5
Ashwell0.7
Askham Grange4.8
Aylesbury8.3
Bedford5.9
Belmarsh7.9
Birmingham11.9
Blakenhurst4.7
Blantyre House2.6
Blundeston2.0
Brinsford8.8
Bristol4.7
Brixton24.6
Brockhill7.4
Buckley Hall3.3
Bullingdon4.4
Bullwood Hall6.1
Camp Hill1.1
Canterbury1.0
Cardiff2.0
Castington0.8
Channings Wood1.1
Chelmsford4.2
Coldingley3.3
Cookham Wood2.6
Dartmoor3.1
Deerbolt0.9
Dorchester1.1
Dover4.5
Downview8.0
Drake Hall2.0
Durham0.9
East Sutton Park1.4
Eastwood Park3.3
Edmunds Hill3.9
Elmley3.8
Erlestoke1.7
Everthorpe0.8
Exeter0.6
Featherstone2.7
Feltham16.9
Ford1.1
Foston Hall3.2
Frankland1.6
Full Sutton0.6
Garth1.9
Gartree4.2
Glen Parva5.1
Gloucester1.7
Grendon4.6
Guys Marsh2.4
Haslar2.7
Haverigg1.3
Hewell Grange2.0
High Down10.2
Highpoint2.1
Hindley1.5
Hollesley Bay2.0
Holloway34.9
Holme House0.6
HQ12.4
Hull2.9
Huntercombe7.0
Kingston2.7
Kirkham0.7
Kirklevington Grange0.9
Lancaster1.6
Lancaster Farms0.9
Latchmere House14.1
Leeds4.4
Leicester6.8
Lewes4.4
Leyhill1.8
Lincoln1.0
Lindholme0.7
Littlehey4.1
Liverpool0.6
Long Lartin2.6
Low Newton0.7
Maidstone3.2
Manchester2.9
Moorland3.0
Morton Hall3.5
New Hall1 .4
North Sea Camp0.7
Northallerton0.0
Norwich2.7
Nottingham4.1
Onley4.2
Parkhurst1.4
Pentonville29.6
Portland2.0
Preston1.9
Ranby2.0
Reading5.4
Risley1.3
Rochester4.4
Send2.9
Shepton Mallet1.4
Shrewsbury1.4
Stafford4.0
Standford Hill2.0
Stocken2.6
Stoke Heath2.7
Styal6.1
Sudbury3.4
Swaleside5.9
Swansea1.6
Swinfen Hall3.0
The Mount7.7
The Verne1.4
Thorn Cross0.5
Usk/Prescoed3.2
Wakefield3.1
Wandsworth23.8
Warren Hill2.9
Wayland1.3
Wealstun2.5
Weare1.8
Wellingborough5.4
Werrington1.1
Wetherby3.0
Whatton2.1
Whitemoor2.6
Winchester1.3
Woodhill4.2
Wormwood Scrubs28.3
Wymott2.5
Prison Service Total5.4

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Prison/Probation Services

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the Director General of the National Offender Management Service will ensure that the (a) Prison and (b) Probation Services are adequately funded to ensure that all their statutory duties are complied with. [160469]

Paul Goggins: The overall funding settlement for the National Offender Management Service will be secured as part of the usual Spending Review process. Funding for individual elements of the National Offender Management Service, including prison and probation services, will be determined by the Chief Executive who will take account of funding requirements necessary to discharge statutory duties.

Prisoner Categories

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are held in Category C prisons who have been designated as Category B prisoners. [159310]

Paul Goggins: I will write to the hon. Member.

Prisoner Statistics

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are being held in prisons in England and Wales, broken down by (a) ethnic and (b) religious group; and if he will provide the equivalent figures for each of the last five years. [160554]

Paul Goggins: A breakdown of the prison population in England and Wales by ethnic group on 28 February 2003 and by religion on 30 November 2003 is given in

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the tables. Equivalent figures for each of the last five years can be found in the publication "Prison Statistics England and Wales 2002", a copy of which is available in the Library.

Prison population by religion 30 November 2003
All Christian42,087
Anglican25,608
Free Church1,389
Roman Catholic12,858
Other Christian2,232
Buddhist1,062
Hindu338
Jewish178
Muslim6,277
Sikh522
Other non-Christian243
Non-recognised291
No religion23,005
Not recorded52
Total74,055
Prison population by ethnic group 28 February 2003
White54,445
Black11,942
South Asian2,352
Chinese and other3,468
Unrecorded79
Total72,286

Mr. Stinchcombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by ethnic origin (a) prisoners in each prison in England and Wales and (b) the proportion of prisoners in each prison in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available. [161061]

Paul Goggins: A table showing the breakdown by ethnic origin of (a) prisoners in each prison in England and Wales and (b) the proportion of prisoners in each prison in England and Wales on 28 February 2003 has been placed in the Library.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) women and (b) men were being held in prison on 10 March 2004. [161626]

Paul Goggins [holding answer 15 March 2004]: On 10 March 2004 there were 4,554 females and 70,409 males held in prison service establishments in England and Wales.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were released on early release on 10 March. [161627]

Paul Goggins [holding answer 15 March 2004]: Information on the number of prisoners who were released on early release on 10 March 2004 is not yet available.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were eligible for early release on 10th March. [161628]

Paul Goggins [holding answer 15 March 2004]: Information on the number of prisoners who were eligible for early release on 10 March 2004 is not yet available.

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Prisons

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of whether the intended expansion in the use of contestability will require future private operators to run prisons at a lower cost, with the same targets for service delivery. [160858]

Paul Goggins: When evaluating bids following any competition, the Home Office uses best procurement practice in awarding the contract to the provider who offers best value for money, which may or may not be the lowest cost.

The introduction of greater contestability for offender services, including running prisons, will not lead to a change in this policy.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions have taken place with trade unions regarding future privately built but publicly run prisons. [160860]

Paul Goggins: Although future privately built but publicly run prisons are one of the options currently under consideration for the provision of additional offender accommodation, no decision has yet been taken on what form of procurement would be used. The trade unions will be consulted on the issue once firm proposals have been developed.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will be responsible for the monitoring of the performance of privately run prisons under the National Offender Management Service. [160861]

Paul Goggins: The Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service will be responsible for monitoring the performance of privately run prisons.

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there will be a requirement under the National Offender Management Service to renegotiate existing contracts for privately run prisons. [160862]

Paul Goggins: The existing contracts for privately run prisons are with the Secretary of State and will not change under the National Offender Management Service reforms.

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) new prisons and (b) extensions are planned to be built; how many will be (i) publicly and (ii) privately run; how many new prison officers will be needed; and what category each new prison will be. [161607]

Paul Goggins: The information is as follows:

(a) 1,290 places will be provided at two new private sector prisons. Bronzefield, in Middlesex, will provide closed conditions for women and is due to open in June 2004. Peterborough will be a local prison and will hold both male and female prisoners. All new prisons are built to Category B standards but are categorised to reflect the need of the prevailing population profile.

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The contracts for these new prisons contain the minimum staffing cover for different times of day and different areas of the prison. It will be for the contractor to decide how many prison custody officers will be needed to sustain the required staffing cover.

(b) Funding has been provided for additional places to be built at existing prisons by 2006. 1,400 places will be built in 2004 and 1,300 places will be built in 2005 in new houseblocks and ready-to-use units. The places will take the security category of the establishment in which they are built. A breakdown of accommodation for which the security categorisation has already been determined as follows:

ExpectedEstablishmentCategoryPlaces
2004Winchester-West HillLocal40
2004WymottC180
2004WealstunC180
2004Swinfen Hall(39)C120
2004Foston HallFemale closed40
2004RanbyC180
2004BlakenhurstLocal180
2004WellingboroughC120
2004Swinfen Hall(39)C180
2005GartreeB240
2005WhattonC400

(39) HMP Swinfen Hall has two new houseblocks due in 2004.


It will be for local managers to decide the appropriate levels of staffing to deliver the appropriate regime and security cover.

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Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons with foreign nationals have specific work (a) led by a foreign nationals co-ordinator and (b) guided by relevant policies. [159287]

Paul Goggins: Some prisons with large numbers of foreign national prisoners have appointed a member of staff to act as a foreign nationals coordinator to work specifically to address their needs. Information on such prisons is not kept centrally but it tends to be in those prisons which have had a high number of foreign national prisoners for some time.

All prisons have a race relations liaison officer and a race relations management team that are responsible for the promotion of good race relations and the fair treatment of ethnic minority prisoners, who may include many foreign nationals.

Prison service policies aim to ensure that all prisoners, including foreign nationals, are treated fairly and that their needs are met. This includes maintenance of their ties with family members and their own community, diet, religion, and access to welfare, legal and interpreting services. Some prisons have produced a local policy document with specific guidance on how foreign national prisoners' needs should be met. However, detailed information about these policies is not monitored centrally and can be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Mrs. Ann Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost has been of the maintenance and refurbishment of each prison for each of the last five years. [160749]

Paul Goggins: The information is set out in the following table.

Establishments1999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–04Total (£000)
Acklington2276423,6537155,237
Albany271130124182,0142,845
Ashwell1,2772,9912,2691,1762,55910,272
Askham Grange8931,7932,686
Aylesbury4188761,6882,9755,957
Bedford127041,7276793,122
Belmarsh904959908082,383
Birmingham2591,0251,8557,4227,01717,578
Blakenhurst8888
Blantyre House372672524881,179
Blundeston284284
Brinsford668328465831,1703,299
Bristol1,6264,7053,1483391,73711,555
Brixton5604941,4042,0681,2345,760
Brockhill51572223,9464,276
Buckley Hall2,3992,399
Bullingdon10137213107458
Bullwood Hall5030275355
Camp Hill2,135923,1732,9343,70012,034
Canterbury9861,1663015126363,601
Cardiff2991,0971,9292,5844,27410,183
Castington3,9204,8384,6201,1641,69916,241
Channings Wood1,782362474111,7274,329
Chelmsford1518971,8894,5317,468
Coldingley1,3521021983835982,633
Cookham Wood22217590829
Dartmoor1534130173559
Deerbolt2,539882902,4241,5297,464
Doncaster311311
Dorchester1067342,2328423,914
Dover821351,2621,6895854,392
Downview5122893037081,812
Drake Hall729843,4712,4974,19410,975
Durham1,4644743,2974,5324,93714,704
East Sutton Park20028607835
Eastwood Park141552,7282,0244,948
Edmunds Hill111,3231,334
Elmley328328
Erlestoke4763,4923,968
Everthorpe1161,7411,3653,222
Exeter156229794134411,633
Featherstone10482841,1862591,715
Feltham3,9114,9611,9494,08279015,693
Ford24301325
Foston Hall507014382876
Frankland2,3295902,2152321535,519
Full Sutton1321,3581128125392,953
Garth4531,0035062172,179
Gartree792,8162,1925,34510,432
Glen Parva363477463389872,481
Gloucester1394682,9801,0151844,786
Grendon2332,3537341883,508
Guys Marsh8538471,700
Haslar18658676
Haverigg3,5893,6923322121,7249,549
Hewell Grange1,3872074551212,170
Highdown2832324492773441,585
Highpoint6221,5881,8619733565,400
Hindley535211902,2826893,717
Hollesley Bay2,1436732756541,0734,818
Holloway2891,3056661,0961,7465,102
Huntercombe981,163281,289
Holme House1998651,8972,961
Hull47458412944
Kingston35689721854081,668
Kirkham1,2311332005,5919768,131
Kirklevington2133,0263,239
Lancaster Castle2,00799178963,019
Lancaster Farms855422711,3361,5314,215
Latchmere House7621281331,023
Leeds4242633,0942,3061,7827,869
Leicester13499462695
Lewes15242619371,9283,120
Leyhill7414899321
Lincoln2,2192,4842,8004,40393112,837
Lindholme9245,6111,3117892,76911,404
Littlehey562124481,022
Liverpool1,1363,2962,519834957,880
Long Lartin5205551,5143,5682,7198,876
Low Newton1,345272493582,024
Maidstone1,5631,3962,8961,6902,51610,061
Manchester56256312
Moorland363363
Moorland (Open)0
Morton Hall2,5388242483,610
Mount3022021202096411,474
New Hall431961,1282342392,128
North Sea Camp338019127331
Northallerton1,7416279253,293
Norwich1381598566361,789
Nottingham1368935841,613
Onley2,8319912821,2292,1837,516
Parkhurst691290497272371,742
Pentonville8681,0441,5282,8675,76312,070
Portland1,3113061,4794,1005,55912,755
Prescoed176198374
Preston4812,9701,7121,4284,91911,510
Ranby11160211,1982,8354,225
Reading408263683831,185
Risley3,2281,6911,8508,2202,48117,470
Rochester1,3383,0432,3336,3102,73215,756
Send3,100134283,262
Shepton Mallet118896354281,963
Shrewsbury55860121,1821,812
Spring Hill1201,3021,422
Stafford1131252477851,2812,551
Standford Hill408401,2972,177
Stocken8817359464
Stoke Heath5535536753842,3884,553
Styal524693911194765
Sudbury26018213455
Swaleside358721,8807579474,491
Swansea3981,2752252,1804,078
Swinfen Hall982153506421,827
The Verne1883805247815942,467
Thorn Cross6161,4448452,905
Usk85631,0081,156
Wakefield2,7456,6983,2945,4204,50422,661
Wandsworth2,0852,1643,7825,1232,19615,350
Wayland631841,8141492,210
Wealstun1,969792485,5357,831
Weare788106570360681,892
Wellingborough1967649240253814
Werrington1,3811151101,606
Wetherby1,0241,224691251,0273,469
Whatton5041,639276592,829
Whitemoor1,3317057376173653,755
Winchester1851,6164,0325,833
Woodhill2727
Wormwood Scrubs9,3768,31449332118,504
Wymott265352531,3271,880
Totals90,67292,845101,325144,309170,606599,757

Note:

Figures are construction costs, excluding professional fees. The additional accommodation programme and associated ancillaries are not included. Minor maintenance works undertaken locally are also excluded.


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Mrs. Ann Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the latest estimates are for the maintenance and refurbishment of each prison for the next five years. [160750]

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Paul Goggins: The latest estimates for maintenance and refurbishment set out in the following table are for the financial years 2004–05 and 2005–06. Funding allocations for the years 2006–07 to 2008–09 will be determined in the Spending Review 2004.

Prison Service maintenance/refurbishment—Future years

Establishments2004–052005–062004–052005–06Total (£000)
Acklington28093081,8092,117
Albany3412096137233
Ashwell3470347
Askham Grange37037
Aylesbury362,7901152,905
Bedford5281352813541
Belmarsh3711256612568
Birmingham7707673,1349664,100
Blantyre House3882138821409
Blundeston1,0512451,0512451,296
Brinsford93137968
Bristol5390138430568
Brixton1,393461,6936,6978,390
Brockhill4,175914,266
BuckleyHall375241,241541,295
Bullingdon4949049
Bullwood Hall1,3842501,6302631,893
Camp Hill7641992119940
Canterbury251483,1752,9766,151
Cardiff316221,2191291,348
Castington38002438251,068
Channings Wood1,093381,779581,837
Chelmsford3195447396951,434
Coldingley1961960196
Cookham Wood188162188162350
Dartmoor3851,5156,9585,94812,906
Deerbolt205646449513
Dorchester268211364211575
Dover8302421,3042581,562
Downview2906,2172,5168,733
Drake Hall300530382912
Durham283,9114,2508,161
East Sutton Park9003331,2433461,589
Eastwood Park1281850185
Edmunds Hill3081030810318
Elmley6932169321714
Erlestoke3741637453
Everthorpe3086720887
Exeter1,15001,1501,150
Featherstone9963759963751,371
Feltham1654493,7901,3435,133
Ford000
Foston Hall3833830383
Frankland1,1002,7751,6754,450
Full Sutton2781,7663531,7682,121
Garth26026
Gartree8604,0001,2396,9008,139
Glen Parva1819661819661,147
Gloucester332114332114446
Grendon2,0494042,0494042,453
Guys Marsh3917354277351,162
Haslar6661766617683
Haverigg49049
Hewell Grange3100310310
High Down1,8831,8131,8831,8133,696
Highpoint South10122,434522,486
Hindley1,7389532,691
Hollesley Bay7113657113651,076
Holloway2,8122,4593,1625,9439,105
Huntercombe3500350350
Holme House69165427217644
Hull3434034
Kingston1,571461,617
Kirkham1330133
Kirklevington5111557215587
Lancaster Castle000
Lancaster Farms1,238501,288
Latchmere House3000300300
Leeds8001,2148301,2142,044
Leicester1,1061181,1061181,224
Lewes826188643,5184,382
Leyhill3360336336
Lincoln2206,7993,96410,763
Lindholme4844266744551,129
Littlehey5191251912531
Liverpool1,7097,0008,709
Long Lartin1,020301,850471,897
Low Newton3130313313
Maidstone1,9227883,3168244,140
Manchester4156644156641,079
Moorland20407705221,292
Morton Hall3549535495449
Mount4781147811489
New Hall1,834461,880
North Sea Camp208144208144352
Northallerton538156568156724
Norwich2141623,0131,3764,389
Nottingham420461420461881
Onley1,1162,6021,6482,6184,266
Parkhurst1,165341,7898192,608
Pentonville2,1372,0316,2344,05510,289
Portland202934,1575,85910,016
Prescoed000
Preston5,6123,1805,6123,1808,792
Ranby1171170117
Reading3143140314
Risley34034
Rochester5331853318551
Send000
Shepton Mallet5921,3081,4922,8084,300
Shrewsbury488208497705
Spring Hill2881528815303
Stafford937212,040552,095
Standford Hill1,7646541,7646542,418
Stocken8080080
Stoke Heath1,1465041,8065362,342
Styal210164710164874
Sudbury000
Swaleside144420144420564
Swansea2,1858582,2018583,059
Swinfen Hall393224393224617
The Verne1,2611361,2611361,397
Thorn Cross000
Usk4722,9004722,9003,372
Wakefield7307,4833,63011,113
Wandsworth7535,9001,18915,91517,104
Wayland236698236698934
Wealstun3,7968583,7968584,654
Weare000
Wellingborough152540
Werrington000
Wetherby1,8001001,8301001,930
Whatton7676076
Whitemoor2195353203556
Winchester1,7817764,3621,0215,383
Woodhill16733200
Wormwood Scrubs3867158201,7152,535
Wymott1031030103
Totals157,635126,953284,588

Note:

Figures are construction costs, excluding professional fees.

The additional accommodation programme and associated ancillaries are not included.

Minor maintenance works undertaken locally are also excluded.

The figures show current programmed work and may be adjusted and further work added.


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Mrs. Ann Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated cost of the backlog in maintenance for each prison establishment is; and if he will make a statement. [160751]

Paul Goggins: The estimated cost of identified maintenance is as follows:

Prison Service—Estimated Outstanding Maintenance

EstablishmentEstimated Outturn
Acklington8,459
Albany12,409
Ashwell2,444
Askham Grange1,081
Aylesbury5,515
Bedford3,245
Belmarsh349
Birmingham7,186
Blakenhurst31
Blantyre House1,311
Blundeston2,160
Brinsford5,104
Bristol7,701
Brixton3,936
Brockhill3,540
Buckley Hall1,501
Bullingdon3,678
Bullwood Hall2,668
Camp Hill3,950
Camp Hill Farm293
Canterbury4,032
Cardiff6,933
Castington4,517
Channings Wood2,389
Chelmsford5,248
Coldingley4,644
Cookham Wood376
Dartmoor6,653
Deerbolt2,843
Dorchester7,315
Dover3,739
Downview2,942
Drake Hall2,164
Durham1,379
East Sutton Park2,625
Eastwood Park359
Edmunds Hill1,993
Elmley206
Erlestoke4,239
Everthorpe3,967
Exeter4,349
Featherstone19,454
Feltham5,633
Ford4,658
Foston Hall836
Frankland Hall2,039
Full Sutton3,061
Garth1,897
Gartree5,692
Glen Parva13,760
Gloucester3,060
Grendon6,306
Guys Marsh8,026
Haslar1,367
Haverigg4,318
Hewell Grange3,905
High Down3,841
Highpoint South3,246
Hindley1,356
Hollesley Bay2,922
Holloway16,066
Holme House1,983
Hull4,289
Huntercombe2,870
Kingston2,439
Kirkham3,037
Kirklevington1,263
Lancaster Castle5,489
Lancaster Farms1,026
Latchmere House958
Leeds8,873
Leicester5,011
Lewes6,680
Leyhill3,407
Lincoln3,287
Lindholme4,518
Littlehey5,697
Liverpool12,382
Long Lartin1.488
Low Newton1,001
Maidstone7,080
Manchester4,353
Moorland1,142
Moorland Open965
Morton Hall629
Mount3,482
New Hall5,099
Newbold Revel2,705
North Sea Camp5,184
Northallerton1,054
Norwich6,199
Nottingham2,841
Onley9,941
Parkhurst6,896
Pentonville1,425
Portland12,421
Prescoed3,343
Preston881
Ranby3,066
Reading2,324
Risley11,847
Rochester1,184
Send2,173
Shepton Mallett5,231
Shrewsbury13,414
Spring Hill6,293
Stafford14,451
Standford Hill13,207
Stocken6,149
Stoke Heath17,362
Styal4,025
Sudbury249
Swaleside2,116
Swansea2,726
Swinfen Hall2,231
Thorn Cross528
Usk2,333
Verne13,011
Wakefield11,242
Wandsworth17,779
Wayland1,534
Wealstun556
Wealstun (closed)1,353
Wellingborough13,361
Werrington2,035
Wetherby2,014
Whatton1,253
Whitemoor481
Winchester7,617
Wormwood Scrubs6,783
Wymott7,616
Total609,798


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